Kashinathpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kashinathpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kashinathpur plotted against Rajshahi and Bangladesh. The SNDi of new construction in Kashinathpur followed a zig-zag trend, compared to Rajshahi which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Bangladesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. In terms of the aggregate network, Kashinathpur ranked 27th out of 37 cities in Rajshahi and 182nd out of 234 in Bangladesh as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- N/A
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 9.49
- Rank in Bangladesh
- 182nd of 234
- Rank in Rajshahi
- 27th of 37
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sita Road, Pakistan
- Zwickau, Germany
- Yanting, China
- Multai, India
- Muhammad Khel, Pakistan
- Cleveland, Australia
In new street additions, Kashinathpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sita Road built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Multai built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kashinathpur fluctuated in connectivity, while Sita Road became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Multai became progressively more disconnected.